Peter Fleming (tennis)
Fleming and Guy Forget, Wimbledon 2010
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| Full name | Peter Blair Fleming |
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| Country (sports) |
 United States
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| Residence | Glen Cove, New York |
| Born |
January 21, 1955 Chatham Borough, New Jersey |
| Height | 6 ft 5 (1.96 m) |
| Turned pro | 1976 |
| Retired | 1988 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,986,799 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 222–210 (ATP, Grand Prix, WCT & Grand Slam level & Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 8 (July 7, 1980) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (1983) |
| French Open | 2R (1977, 1980) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1980) |
| US Open | 3R (1978) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 507–177 (ATP, Grand Prix, WCT & Grand Slam level & Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 60 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (June 11, 1984) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (1983) |
| French Open | SF (1987) |
| Wimbledon | W (1979, 1981, 1983, 1984) |
| US Open | W (1979, 1981, 1983) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1987) |
Peter Blair Fleming (born January 21, 1955 in Chatham Borough, New Jersey) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. In his doubles partnership with John McEnroe, he won 52 titles, of which seven were at Grand Slams (four at Wimbledon, three at the US Open). As a singles player, he peaked at World No. 8, winning three titles (including the 1979 Cincinnati Open).
Fleming attended Chatham High School, where he won the New Jersey high school individual championship in 1972, during his junior year.
During the 1980s, Fleming teamed up with fellow American John McEnroe to dominate the men's doubles game. The duo won 50 doubles titles together, including four at Wimbledon (1979, 1981, 1983 and 1984), and three at the US Open (1979, 1981 and 1983). Fleming once said that "The best doubles pair in the world is John McEnroe and anyone".
Fleming also played on three American Davis Cup winning teams (1979, 1981 and 1982), and helped the US win the World Team Cup twice (1984 and 1985). Fleming reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1984. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 8 in 1980, the year in which he reached the quarter-finals at the Wimbledon championships. Over the course of his career Fleming won three top-level singles titles and sixty doubles titles. Prior to turning professional, Fleming played tennis for the University of California, Los Angeles (after transferring from the University of Michigan), and won the National Collegiate Athletic Association doubles title in 1976.
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